This was actually happening, the moment I had been working so hard for. I was actually moving out of Ohio, heading west, for good. It’s a funny feeling; packing up your life and saying goodbye. I spent the first 30 minutes of the drive listening to sad songs and crying. The mood and playlist immediately changed as we were headed across and out of the cornfields of the Midwest. Eight hours in we took a break at the Great Arch of St Louis....
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/709143/Christian-Franchino-Spring Interview by Jim Borchardt Yo Frank! How’s your season been this year? What have you been focused on? my season was great. First year skiing Sugarbush and was able to shoot handrails throughout the winter. What has been the highlight of your season? The highlight of my season has been skiing bush midweek and taking trips down to southern Vermont. I was able to shred mount snow throughout the winter and met a lot of ill dudes at Sugarbush....
The group gathered around the race track placing under the table bets and soaking in the evening. Athletes chose gnarly lines up top then continued to carry their speed into the park area. A few pics because it did, in fact happen. **All photos my own unless otherwise stated.
Want to get on the Freeride World Tour (FWT)? For most riders, this involves entering the Freeride World Qualifers (FWQs). Today however this has all changed. So, how do the Qualifiers work? How can you progress? With the Verbier Extreme being the super bowl. The FWQs are broken down into 4 categories from 1 to 4*. 1* being the lowest level and 4* being the highest. Generally riders will begin at either 1 or 2* depending on how popular the event is....
Summer skiing is the newschoolers Nirvana, the dream harbored by so many through the long sweaty months. That phrase brings connotations of expensive camps at Mt. Hood or Whistler, complete with the prices and culture that this paradox deserves. Deep in the backcountry on the border of Wyoming and Montana lives a different expression of summer skiing. In fact it doesn’t even have a lodge or chairlifts. This years 4th annual session took place June 5-8 outside of Red Lodge Montana....
The Fourth Annual Beartooth Summer Session took off on June 5th, 2014. The beginning of the weekend featured an abundance of sunshine. Donate Here on behalf of those who flipped:https://www.crowdrise.com/TheRubberDuckyBackflip-off.
For those of us that do big mountain comps the biggest part is choosing your line. How do you approach it? Will there be a rock under my landing? How soft is the snow? Now the first thing to consider are the judging criteria found here:http://www.freerideworldtour.com/understanding-the-sport.html. Difficulty of line, Control, fluidity, Jumping. These are the steps I take when choosing a line: 1. For the most people this is the first chance to see the face....
The good people at Evo have teamed up with NS to revamp the Member of the Month contest. Congrats to this month’s MOTM winner BWalmer. 2014 Trick on the Year! (Read) It’s time for the public to decide who threw the greatest trick in 2014. What do you do with your gear when the season is over? (Read) Ski season is done, so what do you do with your stuff?...
So it’s currently 12pm at night and I’m drunk. So what better to do than create some slogans?
Photos: Ryan Hack. Garrett ended up finding a tiger skin rug previously owned by Burt Reynolds. Probably would have brought back some fond memories for your mom. Who lives in a pineapple between mammoth and LA? Will came down in the van and packed enough salad and breakfast sandwiched to last the entire trip. We had 3 days to get something done. Sorry Will we love you
Raf being a G at the bottom of the Olympic halfpipe in Sochi. Photo: Mike Atkinson Interview by Ethan Stone “What’s up, man? Nice to see you!” Raf Regazzoni steps out of the hotel elevator and strides across the lobby to greet me. And Raf, incongruous though he may appear, belongs right here with them. He’s one of six officials here in Sochi to judge the skiing competition in halfpipe and slopestyle....
Skiing is an art form in itself and Brian is a reflection of this idea. Big thanks to both Brian Tonetti and Jeffrey Wenzel for their help and support this year from Utah. The shot and accompanying photo is one of my favorites of the season. First hit I was able to lace up the shot that I wanted. After a huge cup of coffee, I felt somewhat normal enough to hit this bridge rail....
SNOW the Gameis an excellent computerized freeski game that is developed for the Windows platform. Hopefully this article will help, although I can’t guarantee it will work. For all that were wondering, I am running SNOW the Game on a 2011 MacBook Pro 15". It’s original OS was OSX 10.6.8. To be clear, I have a quad-core 2.2GHz i7 and an AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics card. I do not execute the game on integrated graphics, so I do not have experience with that aspect....
